Principal Information Technology
Compliance Analyst Job Description
Job Summary:
The
Principal Information Technology
Compliance Analyst will under general
direction, provide guidance to the
organization on the establishment,
evaluation, and reporting upon controls
and risks mitigation strategies in the
IT and business environments. He/She
will mentor the team and perform risk
identification and mitigation
strategies, control documentation,
evaluation of control design, evaluation
of control operation, reporting of
control deficiencies, and remediation
strategies.
Principal
Information Technology Compliance
Analyst will monitor and evaluate the
current processes to evaluate and
improve control documentation & testing
for effectiveness and efficiency
improvements. He/She will collect
information on control
failures/unmitigated risks, and
remediation results to build compliance
reports for IT and business management;
provide advisory services for IT
controls in multiple projects, teams,
and audits by ensuring consistent
control implementation through
documented processes for identifying
control requirements prior to their
implementation into production IT
environments.
Job
Description:
The
Principal Information Technology
Compliance Analyst will perform
all or some of the following Job
description:
Mentor
team members in establishment,
evaluation, and reporting upon risks and
controls in the IT and business
environments
Help with
the development of communications and
related campaigns for
Compliance-awareness
Collaborate & coordinate with other
internal controls-focused areas such as
Security, IT Attestation PMO, Other IT
Attestation teams, and business
compliance areas
Design,
perform, and evaluate the current
testing of multiple controls at one time
Maintain
and improve the process for evaluation
of IT controls through a combination of
automated testing and interviewing
Evaluate
the frequency and scope of IT control
testing
Maintain
and improve the current IT Attestation
(SOX) design effectiveness and operating
effectiveness testing program
Perform
internal self-assessments for management
(outside of attestation program)
Perform/mentor team on following
activities:
Risk identification and mitigation
strategies
Control documentation
Control testing
Process
to evaluate and improve control
documentation & testing
(effectiveness/efficiency)
Coordinate and consolidate the
identification and tracking of control
deficiencies/unmitigated risks in the
environment:
Involve appropriate business and IT
representation in decisions on how to
address control failures in design or
operational effectiveness
Ensure the process to resolve control
deficiencies has mechanisms for:
Building dynamic decision groups
(business, IT and other teams)
Collecting and reviewing control
deficiencies
Developing and selecting mitigation
strategies
Assigning resources for remediation
(non-compliance team resources)
Recording the decisions for future
reference
Tracking the progress of remediation
activities
Collect information on control
failures/unmitigated risks, and
remediation results to build compliance
reports for IT and business management
Provide
status reports of remediation
projects/activities
Translate
technology-oriented test results into
business-focused risk language
Collect
and report test results in the expected
time frame
Communicate IT compliance activities
within the context of business risk
Create,
review and/or approve IT compliance
reports prior to distribution
Securely
archive reports for future use
Provide
Advisory Services For IT Controls in
multiple projects, teams, and audits
through:
Ensuring consistent control
implementation by providing a mechanism
for identifying control requirements
prior to their implementation into
production IT environments
Support
management in understanding Internal
Audit's scope, requirements, process,
and timeline
Support
management in understanding external
audits (E&Y, DOI, customers, 3rd party)
scope, requirements, process, and
timeline
Support
management in implementation of
policy/procedures within the environment
Provide
guidance and support for risk modeling
Establish
risk modeling scope
Establish
risk scoring system
Establish
risk scoring process and timing
Execute
risk scoring
Collect
risk scores and results and build
compliance reports for IT and business
management.
Minimum Requirements / Knowledge / Skill
For Principal Information Technology
Compliance Analyst Job
Strong interpersonal
communication skills, analytical
ability, detail orientation, a
quality focus, professional
curiosity and problem solving
skills as well as a broad
knowledge of business function(s),
information technologies and the
Audit/compliance practice body
of knowledge.
Minimum Education Requirements /
Certification / Licensure For
Principal Information Technology
Compliance Analyst Job
Bachelor's degree in Computer
Science, Accounting, or a
related discipline and at least
eight years of solid work
experience in internal audit,
External Audit, or SOX program
or an equivalent combination of
education and work experience.